Recent content by dadarkchild

i live in austin and i've never been, but i just registered, and I'll be there on the 6th!

The HafX is enormous, I selected it for my build, but I love it. Cable management is very nice with the HAF, and airflow is great. It's nice to get back in the game, isn't it? I had to do a lot of research to familiarize myself with some of the tech changes, but the build went smoothly, and...

I just finished a build with an H80. I run it on high, and it's kinda noisy. At low/medium it's pretty quiet. It doesn't bother me when watching tv or gaming b/c my surround sound system is overpowering, but when i'm browsing, it is definitely noticeable. I have the 4gb version of the 670...

Whatever. My system is built and i LOVE IT. I paid a little over $1100 for the components, and I think I got an excellent deal for the money. I built a system with flexibility and expansion in mind. If you think a lower spec'd system is better, good for you. I like seeing that my system runs...

Other than the processor I got really great deals thanks to employee discounts. Sorry if the build isn't to your liking, but for me it's just fine. Most people that i've talked to advised me to get a water cooler if I'm going to try to overclock the cpu. I'll look at the Samsung 830, but if...

Thanks for all of the advice. I just finished ordering the components, and should build by the end of next week. I went with: i7 3770k ASUS P8Z77-V DELUXE LGA1155 Motherboard EVGA GeForce GTX 670 4GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Card with Backplate Corsair Force Series GT 240GB SATA 3...

I don't plan on overclocking initially, but i will in time. i saw mfenn's build and it looks cool, but I'd like to build a system that 4 years from now will still be able to handle whatever is thrown at it, and i don't know that mfenn's system will fulfill my hopes for a system. This may be...

1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing. Gaming, general multi-tasking....video and music conversion, watching lots of high res video, photoshop, microsoft Office apps to include Visio. 2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as...

Hi Folks, please don't laugh at my ignorance as this is my first build in 12 years. I'm looking to build a desktop rig to be connected to my 52" Sony Bravia (just one display). I intend to use it for web-surfing and gaming. I've purchased a Patriot Viper Xtreme Enhanced Latency 16GB (4 x...